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The Beauty of Time Lapse

29 Sep

I was recently introduced to 2 videos from 2 friends, and I thought they were so good that I was obligated to share them. One video documents Hong Kong, and was shown to me by a friend there, the other is of Mexico City, and was shown to me by a friend who is from there as well. They both deal alot with time lapse, which is quickly becoming a favorite technique of mine, and these works only further inspire me. I think they are well put together, much props to the creators who took so much time to do them, check them out below!

Both are on Vimeo, so check them out here: Hong Kong, Mexico City.

Painting Time Lapse

27 Sep

Incase you ever wondered what it would look like to paint a garage in under 2 minutes, I recently did some time lapse of that exact job in my garage. 15 second intervals, and my garage is finally in a state that resembles what a garage should look like!

Check out the video!

Canvas is In!

22 May

New canvas prints are in! These ones are 24×36 stretched and mounted, ready to hang. This time I tried super extending the edges fading to black, I think it turned out well. This set is from my latest trip to China, Nepal, India, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Check them out!

Breakfast: French Toast

7 May

Maybe you eat french toast alot, maybe you’ve never had it, either way, it’s a tasty sweet breakfast treat. Originally thought up to put stale bread to use, it quickly became a favorite among many families.

Today there are many ways to make it, but here’s how I usually make mine.

For about 5 or 6 pieces of bread you’ll need to crack 3 eggs into a bowl. Lightly wisk the eggs and then add some milk, a good squeeze of honey, cinnamon, and a little sugar to top it off. Mix that all up really well, and get your frying pan warmed up.

Dont forget to put some butter in the pan, and as you coat your bread slices in the mixture, place them flat in the pan, 1 or 2 at a time. Careful not to burn them, checking frequently, also try not to squish them down, as you want them to be light and fluffy. Cook both sides nice and brown, drizzle with syrup, fruit, whipped cream and serve. YUM!

Fresh from Vancouver: Gallery Prints Are In!

21 Dec

They are in! The new canvas gallery prints, stretched over 3/4″ mount, black edges, complete with mounting wire and hardware, they are ready to hang! Complete with description cards, check them out, and let me know what you think.

Large ones are 24×32, smaller one is 18×24. Each print comes with it’s own 10×15 description card with details about the particular photo.

If you are interested in obtaining one of these, or would like a canvas print of any of my photos, contact me!

You can view them on the FivePuddles Facebook Fanpage by clicking here!

Possibilities – A Film Short

2 Dec

Having been away from the blog for a few days, I do have a worthy excuse. I have been a little preoccupied making a short movie. With the upcoming trip, I was inspired to express the feeling one gets when you transform a dream into reality. It is something new for me, dabbling in the realm of film shorts. This one is just over 3 minutes, and took about an hour to film, and a few hours to edit, not inlcluding time to think of ideas. It’s called ‘Possibilities’, and would love to hear some feedback, check it out on youtube below.

I did all the shooting in HD using my Canon T1i/500d, equiped with a EF 1:1.8 II lens.

Edmonton in Time Lapse

13 Nov

So over the last 2 weeks, when the sun goes down, I have had a little habit of heading outside with my new Canon T1i. My roomate would ask, where are you going so late? I’d reply to shoot some time lapse of course, and close the door.

Time lapse is something fairly new to me, so I’m experimenting with it. Armed with a backpack, tripod, timer, camera, bottle of water, a book, and an iPod, I venture out into the dark to find interesting, sometimes obscure locations to shoot from. Heres a couple photos from my most recent shoot as well.

I finally got around to putting a bunch of clips together from my shooting, threw some what I thought to be fitting music ontop, and let her rip. So here is my first sample, let me know what you think and rate and comment if your on youtube!

New Trip Planning 2010

10 Nov

So one of the reasons I have been fairly quiet lately, is secretly I have been planning another trip. Yeah that’s right, I don’t know if it is the smartest thing to do right now, or what will happen when I get back. There are so many question marks floating around my life these days. But when my friend told me he wanted to go somewhere, I couldnt say no. So screw the real world, it can wait, you can work at anytime, and theres plenty of life left for that, you cannnot however say no to too many opportunities in life, especially travel experiences.

So where am I going? When? And how long you ask? Well let me break down the brainstorm phase we had. Both of us had agreed that India would be a new place to check out, I have never been there, but do know many who have. After looking into flights, it was determined that it was a little pricey for round trip flights to India. So knowing that destination across asia were still fairly cheap with many airlines, I looked at Shanghai, one of the cheapest destination across asia for some reason. Then I thought, well, China has a good rail network, you can get as far as Lhasa by train in China, Tibet borders Nepal, and of course Nepal borders India, sucesss, why not goto India via China and Nepal.

So after some more planning, and working out a few situations with visa’s and flights, here is the grand almighty rough itinerary, well basically its the only plan as of yet, the rest will be filled in along the way.

IMG_5156So we fly Edmonton to Vancouver, then Vancouver to Shanghai on January 6, 2009, spend some time in Shanghai, and train to Xian, check out Xian and its terracotta warrior awesomeness, then train to Chengdu, and attempt to get Tibet permits there. If all goes well we’ll be on  the highest railroad in the world climbing our way into the himalayas towards Lhasa. Spend some time in Tibet before pushing onwards towards Nepal, leaving an open amount of time to explore Nepal. Then get ourselves into India from there, after we’ve had our fill of India, our only commitment so far is a flight from Bangalore to Singapore on March 6, 2010. I have some friends I would like to visit in Singapore for a few days, then we have another flight booked to Hong Kong. We plan to visit another friend from home in HK for a few days, then we’ll work our way overland back into mainland China via Shenzen. Then get back up to Shanghau intime for a flight home on March 15, 2010. In total the trip will be just under 2.5 months and we’ll visit 5 countries if all goes well, only 2 of which I havent been to already though. But that’s ok, I need to explore China more, and we might have a friend from HK join us on that leg as well which would be good.

So you can bet I will be taking the new camera, and I plan to take put that T1i to work, and take alot of photos as per usual, provided I can hang onto it the whole trip. It should be an amazing trip, and I am excited to witness my friends first real puddle jumping travel experience! Keep an eye for for blog updates in that time, I’ll try and update as often as I can.

So with that, I’ll leave you with a photo I took of Hong Kong when I was last there, and just so happens to be used in the menu toolbar graphic on my blog.

Camera Decision: Canon 500D/T1i

16 Oct

For years I was served well by my point and shoot cameras, I remember spending 500 dollars to get the first 5mp camera that came out way back. My last camera was a 5mp Canon Elph, I was a big supporter of not using a camera case. I kept that thing loose in my pocket, on in my hand around town, and around the world. Afterall, you need to be ready to snap a photo at any time, far too many people have amazing cameras that stay in nice little cases tucked safely away in their house. I wasn’t afraid to let a camera take a little abuse, subsiquently dropping mine many times, in the sand, once in the water, and from pretty decent heights as I was climbing. If you want great photos, sometimes a little sacrifice is needed.

So having been camera-less for a few months, I decided it was time for a new toy. I spent the last few days in camera stores, reading reviews, and watching countless youtube videos showing peoples work with different cameras. I was determined to get a DSLR this time, and for a while I was hooked on the Canon 50D. But I just couldnt imagine myself carrying such a large camera with me on my next trip, it just wouldnt be practicle, it would end up in a case in my house, and not with me, where the good photographs are waiting to be taken.

I started to extensively look at the Canon Rebel Series, and at the time I had no interest in a video option, that was until I started to look more into the Canon T1i or as its known outside of north america, the 500D. This was a DSLR camera with not only video mode, but a 1080p full HD video mode.

I do like to dabble in the odd video, so I thought this might be the perfect option for me. After checking out what seems like millions of sample photos, and a few very amazing videos, the deal was sealed. I price shopped around town and found a great deal on one and went to pick it up last night. So here’s me opening up my new Canon 500D/T1i with EF-S 18-55mm and EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lenses.

And if you want to see some of the reasons why I bought this camera, check these out, using a 500D:

Or this clip: http://vimeo.com/4778001

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